I have discovered that there are problems with the email service of this board meaning that no confirmation emails were being sent for new users - and also no emails were being sent for members watching threads etc.

The emails are temporarily disabled - and new member registrations are now temporarily automatic (no confirmation required).There seems to be a software verses hosting issue.

The email problem is due to a configuration issue with the host (on the server). Today, with the configuration - the IP address for this site (mostly affecting the mail) was blacklisted by CBL. I found this and reported it - the ban was lifted however the problem not located.

Now - for about 5 hours the ban was reinstated and I have tracked down the issue (HELO configuration - ie. misconfiguration) and have passed it back to the host to fix and I just notice that the ban how now been lifted again (though my current test shows the server configuration has not yet been modified).

This blacklisting mostly means that you can't receive mails from bicycles.net.au - these are blocked by the server - annoying for members and a problem for new members who try to register and don't receive a confirmation. This, together with masses of robotic spam registrations, meant I was manually approving members on request.

lol thanks tim... I didn't receive a email notification from the PM you just sent me now though... I guess it's asking a bit much for the email notification to be instantaneous though... I'm sure the post man is sorting it now...